Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena

Extra stadium info – Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena

The stadium, which is also known as a venue for athletics, concerts and rugby union, is named after a former football player of Dinamo Tbilisi. It opened with a football match between Dinamo Tbilisi, the first Georgian sports club with 100,000 followers on their main social media page, and Cardiff City. The stadium drew attendances above 100,000 for football matches and it also became the first Georgian venue with an attendance above 50,000 for a rugby union match. In 2002, the national rugby union team of Georgia qualified for the Rugby World Cup for the first time in their history after defeating Russia at the venue.